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Joan of Arc was Egyptian! And part cat!

Steven Howard

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Remains long believed to be those of Joan of Arc turn out to be a rib bone from an Egyptian mummy and a cat femur.

Story here

My favorite part is that unnamed "scientists" in 1909 were unable to tell a cat bone from a human bone, and yet felt justified in saying it was "highly probable" that the relics were authentic.
 
I think that they knew it was a cat bone in 1909, they just felt it was more evidence of an authentic relic. Had the burned looking human bone, and a cat bone: -Proof of witch!-

...The relics include a charred-looking human rib, chunks of seemingly burnt wood, a six-inch strip of linen and a cat femur—consistent with the medieval practice of throwing black cats onto the pyres of alleged witches...

...Other lines of evidence indicating the relics are fake, according to the Nature article:

Black crust found on the rib and cat femur was not made by burning, but is consistent with Egyptian embalming fluids.

The linen cloth has a coating characteristic of mummy wrappings.
Large amounts of pine pollen were found among the relics. Pine trees did not grow in Normandy at the time Joan of Arc was killed, but pine resin was widely used in Egypt during embalming.

Radiocarbon dating of the remains suggests they originated sometime between the third and sixth centuries BC. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.

http://www.livescience.com/history/070404_jarc_forgery.html
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Okay, that makes slightly more sense. Still, "highly probable" my eye. Fie on these unnamed and possibly completely made-up early 20th Century scientists.
 
Hmm. If a woman possessed feline grace and attitude, that might be very sexy.
 
I didn't mention physical attributes.. but a tail would be hot. And don't knock the six nipple thing.. I almost have 6 nipples myself.
 
Now, I didn't know that people used to take dissolved mummies as prescription medicine. That's kinda gross.
 
So I don't completely derail this thread with inanity I'd like to offer a few comments about the OP. I think it's great that the Catholic Church finally had the guts to test a supposed relic. Last year, here in Texas, there supposedly was a miracle where some semi-consumed Communion wafer turned into Jesusflesh. They brought in some scientifcially minded Jesuits who determined it was just bacteria. For all the kooky ideas the Catholic Church has, at least a portion of their population looks to science to determine miracles, even if their determination is just God-of-the-Gaps.

So, back to Ken's comment about furballs. Hattie died a year ago on the 24th and I have posted pics of Scarlett, but I think photos of the two of them should give you an understanding that no matter how much I dust, vacuum, and wash my linens, I still wake up nearly every day with pussy hair in my mustache. If only I... well, I'm sure readers of this message can fill in the blanks. ;)
 
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